Congressman Doug Collins continues making good on his promise to bring Northeast Georgia values and vision to national conversations about our country’s path forward. In his op-ed piece in this morning’s Washington Post the Congressman wrote: Republicans erred when we allowed our friends across the aisle to hijack the narrative of hope and inclusion. Not
This week’s Courier Herald column: Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve taken a look at the national and partisan implications of the surprising win for Donald Trump. Today we’re going to focus on what this means for Georgia. Access is power in Washington. Several prominent Georgia Democrats are now rethinking their future, as their
Per the AJC, Doug Collins defeated Bill Flores for the Conference Vice Chair position. this is a big deal and signals how well-though of the Gainesville Republican is among his peers. Lynn Jenkins previously held the position but was left without a chair when, after Boehner resigned, she attempted to take the Conference Chair position
Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA-09) has thrown his hat into the ring to be the next vice-chairman of the House Republican Caucus. Current Vice-Chairwoman Lynn Jenkins announced her intention to not run again and focus more on her policy initiatives: repealing Obamacare and tax reform. Both of which have been made a priority of President-elect Donald
U.S. Senator David Perdue (R, GA) appeared on Wednesday’s radio program on Trending Today USA with Rusty Humphries. He spoke strongly about not compromising under a Trump presidency on the repeal of Obamacare. He also added his belief that the Waters of the US Act and the Clean Power Plan will be repealed and the Keystone pipeline
We are starting to get reactions from Georgia’s representatives in the U.S. House and Senat over President Elect Donald Trump’s upset win Tuesday night over Hillary Clinton. Senator Johnny Isakson: I congratulate Donald Trump and Mike Pence on winning a hard-fought campaign. The genius of America is that the real power always rests with the
A lot of folks (and me) didn’t give the possibility of “President Trump” a lot of serious thought. Sure, we talked about it in theory, but there are a lot of folks who are going to have to get up to speed on a transition that is already underway. This transition should be kind to
Despite not seeking reelection, Congressman Lynn Westmoreland will still have his staff out and about post-election doing mobile office hours. On Tuesday, November 15th, Westmorland will have representatives from his permanent district office in Newman, in Griffin and Lagrange in order to speak with constituents and to distribute information that would normally be only available
Senator Johnny Isakson, who serves on the Senate Health committee and 6th District Rep. Tom Price, who chairs the House Budget Committee had little good to say about the rate increases for health plans offered on the healthcare.gov exchanges. For Georgians, the average premium increase will be 32%, with some increases as high as 67.5%
Within days of taking office in 2015, Senator David Perdue fulfilled a campaign promise, and co-sponsored a bill limiting the number of terms a congressman could serve in Washington. It fit his image as a political outsider. On Tuesday, another political outsider, Donald Trump, also called for term limits. Donald Trump’s Washington is shaping up
